In considering the responsibilities of each layer of the OSI model, what statement accurately reflects those of the Presentation layer?
A) The Presentation layer describes the interface between two applications, each on separate computers.
B) The Presentation layer is responsible for reformatting, compressing, and/or encrypting data in a way that the application on the receiving end can read.
C) The Presentation layer is responsible for describing how data between applications is synced and recovered if messages don't arrive intact at the receiving application.
D) The Presentation layer is responsible for transporting Application layer payloads from one application to another.

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The Presentation layer is responsible for ensuring that data is in a format that can be understood by the receiving application. This includes tasks such as reformatting, compressing, and encrypting data as necessary. It does not handle transporting data between applications or dealing with message syncing and recovery.

In Considering the Responsibilities of Each Layer of the OSI